A Chinese tech shop has done what Apple chose not to: add a physical SIM card slot to the iPhone Air. There’s a catch, though: to make internal space for the SIM card tray, they removed the vibration ...

A shop in Shenzhen successfully modified the globally eSIM-only iPhone Air to add a physical SIM slot by replacing its Taptic Engine with a smaller vibration motor. The modded phone still supports ...

Another hint has surfaced that Apple is preparing to eliminate the physical SIM card tray from iPhones in more countries this year. In particular, a source familiar with the matter has informed ...

A Chinese user managed to install a SIM card tray on an iPhone Air by embracing a hardware trade-off. Here are the details. A viral post is making the rounds today, showcasing what appears to be an ...

A transparent iPhone Air with a working SIM slot looked like a hardware hack for the ages, but it also showed exactly what got sacrificed when factory design margins disappeared. In a new video, ...